The horse medicine course (COMPMED 103) is offered as an Undergradate/Graduate course during the Winter quarter 2009 to Stanford students.

Participants will meet in the Edwards Conference Room in the Department of Comparative Medicine every Tuesday from 12:00 to 1:00. Class participants will receive a letter grade based on attendance, class participation, and the final examination score.

Classes will consist of discussion of assigned topics and the study guide questions followed by slide shows. Weekly assignments may be supplemented by video review, "handouts" from Dr. Green and journal club-type discussion of equine scientific papers. The emphasis of this course will be on a "problem-oriented" approach to horse medicine. The objective is to provide the class participants with exposure to common equine veterinary medical problems. Dr. Green's office hours are on Monday and Wednesdays, 1:30-2:00 pm or by appointment.

 

Course Schedule and Study Guide

The following schedule is tentative

Jan 05 - Scheduling, Overview

Jan 12 - Lab at the Red Barn

Jan 19 - Basic anatomy. Physical Examination of the Horse. Taking the history,
              Clinical Signs of Disease

Jan 26 - Emergency Medicine: Chapter 39 and Chapter 40; Vaccination & Deworming and Chapters 18, 33 and appendix B

Feb 02 - Meet at the Red Barn at 7:00 p.m. - Discussion: Horse Nutrition (pizza provided to the humans)

Feb 09- Respiratory diseases: Chapter 25

Feb 16- Bacterial and Viral Diseases: Chapter 1 and Chapter 30

Feb 23- The Nervous System and Various Disorders: Chapter 24, Musculoskeletal Disorders: Chapter 22

Mar 02- The Digestive System and Various Disorders:

Mar 06--Class will meet at Red Barn. Neurological exam of the horse

Mar 08 -Class will meet in RAF to review for the final exam, Nova video on careers in veternary medicine. A Veterinarian for the Life of Your Horse.

Mar 09--End quarter exam reviewed in class. Refreshments provided.

Mar 10--Exams must be returned to Dr. Green via email by midnight.

 

 

Students with documented disabilities: Students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability must initiate the request with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) located within the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). SDRC staff will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend reasonable accommodations, and prepare an Accommodation Letter for faculty dated in the current quarter in which the request is being made. Students should contact the SDRC as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone: 723-1066)."

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Updated September 2009
Prepared by J Atuk-Jones